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Dragonfly hires new executive producer

27/03/2017

Tom Pullen, currently Eleven’s Head of Factual Development, is to join the multi award winning Dragonfly team as Executive Producer. This is Creative Director, Richard Bond’s, first appointment since he joined the indie in January and the role will report directly to him.

In this new role Tom, working closely with Richard, will drive new business, generating new programme ideas and opportunities while exec producing new projects.

Prior to his role at Eleven, where he has been responsible for building the factual side of the business and developing a raft of forthcoming projects, including a big-budget four-part drama documentary series for Channel 4, Tom spent three years at Raw as Development Executive and Producer/Director of documentaries including The Missing (Channel 4), Teens (Channel 4) and a forthcoming Cutting Edge (Channel 4). During this period, Tom was instrumental in developing a slate of new documentary projects and was the creative and technical innovator behind the critically acclaimed ‘digital-rig’ as used in the pioneering Channel 4 series Teens and The Secret Life of Students.

Creative Director, Richard Bond said; “Tom is a hugely creative programme maker with a passion for finding new ways of storytelling. Whether it be using technology to gain a deeper documentary insight, blending genres, or developing new filming techniques, he has always impressed me with his drive to innovate and this makes him a perfect fit for Dragonfly.”

Tom previously worked at Dragonfly (2010 to 2013) in various producer, director and development roles on titles including fixed rig series One Born Every Minute (Channel 4)The Sinking of the Costa Concordia: Caught on Camera (Channel 4) and The Town Taking on China (BBC Two). He has also spent extended periods in production and core development roles at BBC Factual, Walker George Films and Maverick Television working across a range of genres.

Tom Pullen said of his appointment; “I’m delighted to be back working alongside Richard and returning to Dragonfly at such an exciting time in its development.  He’s a brilliant creative who shares my love of factual innovation, and I can’t wait for us to come up with the next generation of truly distinctive and pioneering programming”.

Tom will take up his new role in mid-April.

Recent Dragonfly projects include Ambulance for BBC ONE, A World Without Down’s Syndrome for BBC TWO, Inside Birmingham Children’s Hospital for Channel 4, The Great British Benefits Handout for Channel 5 and upcoming The Trial for Channel 4.

Dragonfly was founded in 2004 and forms part of the Endemol Shine Group.

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